Ticket-punch.



PATENTED OCT. l0, 1905.

R. T. PISGIGELLI.

TICKET PUNCH.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 1a, 1904.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No. 801,607. PATENTED OCT. 10, 1905. R. T. PISCICELLI.

TICKET PUNCH.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13, 1904.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

110.801,60?l PATBNTED OCT. 10, 1905. R. T. PISCICELLI.

TICKET PUNCH.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13, 1904.

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ROBERTO TAEGGI PISCIUELLI, OF NAPLES, ITALY.

TICKET-PUNCH.

Specification of Letters E'atent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1905.

Application filed October 13, 1904. Serial No. 228,288.

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ROBERTO TAEGGI Pisci- CELLI. a subject of the King ofItaly, residing at Corso Umberto I, No. 23, Naples, in the Kingdom ofItaly, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTicket-Punches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for punching tram and similartickets.

It isthe usual practice to collect in a single box the disks cut fromtickets sold, and to obtain the total amount of the sale it is necessaryto count at the end of each journey or of each day the disks socollected in the box, after sorting them according to their colors. Inorder to avoid the necessity of this operation, the machine which formsthe object of the present invention is provided with as manycompartments as there are colors-that is, prices of the tickets-and eachcompartment has a counter, which counts the disks fallinginto it. Bythis arrangement the counting of the disks is mechanically performed.The machine is further provided with a locking device which prevents itsworking when the actuating-bar is pulled by mistake without a ticketbeing inserted.

In the annexed drawings I have shown a form of construction of saidmachine intended for tickets of four diierent prices.

Figure 1 is a front view; Fig. 2, a section on the line A B of Fig. 1,and Fig. 8 a rear view of the machine. Fig. 4 shows the interior. Fig.is a section on the line C D of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a front view of theinner box. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 show details of the counters. Fig. 10 showsa detail of the locking device.

1 is a circular casing without a cover and having in its bottom anopening 2, which occupies an entire quadrant. In the center of the boxis a stud 6, on which rotates a sleeve 4I, fast with circular box 5,divided by a diaphragm into a front and a back part, this latter beingdivided, by means of radial partitions 6, into four compartments,corresponding to the four kinds of tickets. On the outer surface of thefront compartments are shown the colors and the prices of the tickets.Each compartment is closed at the back by a movthe box 5, these holesbeing brought under the punch as follows: The box is provided with aspring-button 10, sliding on a lug 11. The inner end of the buttoncarries a knob 12, which when the button is in its normal position is inthe plane of four stops 13 on the periphery of the casing 1, so that thedisplacement of the box 5 is limited between two successive stops; butby pushing in the button 10 the knob 12 can be brought below the stops13 and the box may be turned through any desired arc. The box is,however, provided with a spiral spring 14, tending' to rotate the box inthe opposite direction to that indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1. It istherefore obvious that by pressing the button 10 and then turning thebox in the direction of A the arrow until the button is brought betweentwo successive stopsfor instance, between 132 and lgas soon as thebutton is let free the spring will carry the box back into 'the positionshown in Fig. 1, so as to bring the knob 12 to rest against the stop132. In this position the hole9 under the punch is that in thecompartment for the twopenny-tickets. The movement ot' the box islimited by the stops 13 and 1.8i.

The perforation of the tickets is performed by means of a punch 15,connected with a lever 16, which can be depressed by pulling down a hook17 at the end of a bar 18, sliding in guides fixed on the bottom of thecas- The punch is normally held in its raised position by a spring 19. Acap 2O is provided to cover the punching device. On pulling down the bar18 a toothed spring 21 upon it meets the short arm of a bell-crank lever22, the longer arm of which is fitted with a hammer, which when thetooth 21 leaves the short arm of the lever free strikes against a bell23.

The ticket to be perforated is introduced between the plate 211 and theunder side of the supporting-lug 25 and pushes back the free end 26 of alever pivoted on a pin 27, Fig. 10. This lever is fitted with alocking-pin 28, which normally engages a hole in the bar 18. As thelever is pushed back the pin is withdrawn from the hole and the bar 18is freed and can aetuate the punch. Then the bar 18 under the action ofthe spring' 19 rises again to its normal position, a spring' 26/ urgesthe lever 26 against the bar 18 and causes the pin 28 to again enter thehole in the bar 18, and thus the latter remains locked until anotherticket is introduced.

As the ticket is perforated a lever 29, coning.

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nected to the bar 18, rocks a shaft 30, and an arm 31 upon 'it strikesagainst one of the levers 32, which by means of a pawl 33 rotates aratchet-wheel 34, fast with a disk 35, bearing on its face the numeralsfrom O to 9. This disk is the rst of a counting-train, and its movementis communicated in theusual manner by means of an arm 36 and a starwheel37 to the next disk 38, and so on.

The disks and the wheels of the counters are contained in the front partof the box 5, and the cover 39 is provided with openings 40, throughwhich the number of the tickets issued can be read.

To restore the counters to zero, thereis provided beneath each disk atoothed wheel 41, turningloose on the stud 42, on which the disk ismounted. All the wheels 41 mesh the one with the other and are put inmovement by means ot' a pinion 43, which can be turned by means of a keyafter removing the shutter 7. Each wheel 41 is itted with a pawl 44 andeach arm 36 with a pin 45. When the disks rotate under the action of thelevers 32, the pins 45, turning in the direction of the arrows, Figs. 7and 9, raise the pawls 44 and pass under them without producing anyeffect. If, however, the wheels 41 rotate in the direction of the arrowsunder the action of the pinion 43, the Jfaces 46 of the clicks 44 comeagainst the pins 45 and carry them and the disks round in such a waythat after turning the key as many times as is required all the diskswill have been restored to zero.

The box 1 is provided with lugs 47, holes through which can be passedthe ends of a cord for suspending the punch.

Having now particularly described and aseertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is- 1. A ticket-punch, comprising a case, a punch carriedthereby, a movable box divided into several compartments, and means forturning the box, substantially as described.

2. In a ticket-punch, the combination of a casing, a punch carriedthereby, and a movable box having several compartments each litted witha counter, substantially as described.

3. In a ticket-punch, the combination o'l5 a casing, a punch carriedthereby, a movable box, a spiral spring connecting the box tothe easing,and means for locking the box in any desired position, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a ticket-punch, the combination of a hooked slidingI bar,actuating the punch, a pin engaging a hole in the bar, a lever carryingsaid pin, and actuated by the insertion of a ticket to disengage the pinfrom the bar, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I haveaiixed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses, this 14th day of September, 1904.

ROBERTO 'IEGGI llSClCEIilil.

I/Vitnesses:

LETTINO Lnnsu ELTA, LUIGo MoinriNo.

